posted 08-01-2000 06:52 PM         

A subtle, but important, shift is under way in the business-to-business market: Many dotcom startups are shying away from building vertical Internet exchanges that would aggregate large numbers of buyers and sellers. Instead, they are using their technical prowess to help companies use the Net to connect with their established trading partners. (source: Upside) http://www.upside.com/Ebiz/3985df0f0.html

Cnet interviews executives on both sides of the AOL-Time Warner megamerger. Barry Schuler is AOL's president of the Interactive Services Group while Preston Padden is Disney's head of government affairs. (source: Cnet)
Schuler: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1014-201-2402089-0.html
Padden: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1014-201-2401774-0.html

posted 07-31-2000 11:46 AM         

As more companies move business onto the web, how will experts respond to the need for increased security? (source: Red Herring) http://www.herring.com/insider/2000/0724/tech-fea-security-home.html

posted 07-26-2000 06:43 PM         

Shares of Go2Net surged 13% in after-hours trading Wednesday after wireless Internet specialist Infospace said it will acquire Go2Net in a $2.7 billion deal that will blend InfoSpace's wireless technology with Go2Net's e-commerce and broadband infrastructure. (source: MarketWatch) http://www.marketwatch.com/archive/20000726/news/current/insp.htx

Jim Seymour comes to the defense of Amazon.com, sort of. (source: TheStreet.com) http://www.thestreet.com/comment/techsavvy/1014500.html

posted 07-21-2000 06:05 PM         

DrKoop.com shares soared 55% Friday after MilleniumHealth Communications offered to acquire the e-health Web site. Late in the afternoon Dr. Koop announced it had not entered into any agreement. (source: CNNfn) http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/07/21/deals/koop/

Can the Internet economy survive on a cookie-free diet? Critics are charging that Microsoft’s announcement this week that it will alter its popular Internet browser to warn consumers that a Web site is trying to read their “cookies” could have wreak havoc on the Internet advertising industry. (source: MSNBC) http://www.msnbc.com/news/435595.asp

posted 07-20-2000 06:58 PM         

America Online beat the Street, saying business was boosted by strong advertising and e-commerce revenue and subscriber growth. (source: CNNfn) http://cnnfn.cnn.com/2000/07/20/companies/earns_aol/

In brief:

- Bertelsmann AG is announced Thursday that it is buying struggling online music seller Cdnow for about $115 million.
- Lycos chief executive Robert Davis said the purchase of the second-largest provider of Internet search services by Terra Networks could be closed by October.

posted 07-17-2000 06:28 PM         

Walt Disney filed an objection with the FCC about the pending merger between AOL and Time Warner, according to a published report Monday. Disney said the merger should go forward only if the ownership of the merged company's content is separated from ownership of Time Warner's cable business. (source: MarketWatch) http://www.marketwatch.com/archive/20000717/news/current/dis.htx

In brief:

posted 07-17-2000 02:51 PM         

eCompany describes at 11 companies that have figured out how to make money on the web. http://www.ecompany.com/articles/mag/1,1640,6864,00.html

MarketWatch lists 10 mutual funds for the New Economy. http://www.marketwatch.com/archive/20000710/news/current/neweconomy.htx

Governments around the world are waking up to the fact that the internet and e-commerce need to be regulated. (source: Cnet) http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-2218621.html